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FASTag Mandatory From February 16 Onwards; No Deadline Extension
FASTag Mandatory From February 16 Onwards; No Deadline Extension By Charanpreet Singh (With Inputs From PTI) | Published:
14-Feb-21 06:13 PM IST
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No extension in FASTag deadline, Says Gadkari
It will promote digital and IT-based payment of fees for toll collection
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) today issued a notification stating that FASTag will be mandatory from tomorrow midnight. Moreover, all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as FASTag lane of the fee plaza effective from midnight of 15th/16th February 2021. As per National Highway Fee Rules 2008, any vehicle not fitted with FASTag or vehicle without valid, functional FASTag entering into the FASTag lane
Important news for vehicle owners: Deadline for FASTag registrations won't be extended, says Gadkari - It is reported that FASTag accounts for 80 percent of the total toll collection on the national highway
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FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in India from February 15 midnight. The central government earlier reportedly extended the FASTag deadline for the vehicles in India from January 1, 2021, to February 15, 2021. The Union Ministry of Road Trasport and Highways (MoRTH) had issued a notification in November 2020, making FASTags mandatory for all vehicles from January 1, 2021.
The FASTags have also been made mandatory for the registration of new four-wheelers and are being supplied by the automakers or the dealerships. A valid FASTag will be required for obtaining new third party insurance from April 1, 2021.
To reduce vehicular traffic at the toll plazas, the Government of India (GOI) has mandated all toll plazas, pan India, to make toll payments electronic. With this mandate, all vehicles traveling through toll plazas will have to mandatorily pay toll charges using FASTag.
India aims for no. 1 spot in advanced EV battery tech; policy to be announced soon Updated Feb 12, 2021 | 15:15 IST
Nitin Gadkari made the remarks after chairing a high-powered meeting focussed on research and development in the area of alternative fuel. India aims for no. 1 spot in advanced EV battery tech; policy to be announced soon
The government will adopt an integrated approach and come out with a policy to make India self-reliant in the area of advanced battery technologies to power electric vehicles and other applications, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.
Pitching for an integrated approach for developing indigenous fuel cells in the field of electric vehicles, he said India today stands at the cusp of becoming the world leader in this field as well as automobile manufacturing.